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OFD 1-06
Month 4 Water Course PROBATION
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04/02/2007

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True or False:
Early water supply piping was made out of hollowed out logs.
Definition
True
Term
What are the three methods of water distribution?
Definition
Direct pumping, gravity, and combination
Term
What is pressure measured in?
Definition
PSI- pressure per square inch
Term
What are different kinds of pressure that can be measured in a water supply system?
Definition
Static, flow, discharge, and residual
Term
Friction is influenced by what 3 factors?
Definition
Size of pipe, Condition of pipe, Length of pipe
Term
Hydrant Cap colors indicate what? Hydrant Top colors indacte what?
Definition
Caps = pressure
Tops = flow (GPM)
Term
When you are in a zoned water system what color hydrant do you take your supply from and what color hydrant do you pump to?
Definition
Take from red and pump to white
Term
A blue top hydrant will supply you with how many GPM?
Definition
Greater than 1500 GPM
Term
What watershed feeds the Oakland water system?
Definition
The Pardee watershed
Term
What is a clear well?
Definition
The first resovoir after the treatment plant which holds drinking water before netering the main grid
Term
Name the 4 components of a water supply system.
Definition
Source, Processing/treatment, Means of moving the water, means of distribution
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